| Origin | |
|---|---|
| Meaning | Brewing stones. Inhabitance of Buxton, Derbyshire or Buxton, Norfolk |
| Region of origin | England, Scotland |
| Other names | |
| Variant form(s) | Buckston, Buckstone, Buckton, Buchanan |
Buxton is a surname of Anglo-Saxon, or Scottish-Gaelic origin, and may refer to
In Scotland the surname, can be anglicised from the Scottish-Gaelic name, Buchanan , a village in Stirlingshire.
In England the surname Buxton, can derive from Buxton , a spa-town in Derbyshire, meaning to brew stones, bow stones, or the beech town, settlement, or enclouse, or from Buxton , a village in Norfolk, meaning bucc, as in deer, then town, settlement, enclouse. Or from Buckton, parishes in Yorkshire, Northumberland, and Herefordshire, meaning bucc, as in deer, then town, settlement, enclosure.
As a surname, Buxton is the 730th most common surname in Great Britain, with 13,135 bearers. It is most common in Staffordshire, where it is the 27th most common surname, with 3,377 bearers. Other concentrations include, Norfolk, (169th,1,705), West Yorkshire, (282nd,1,739), Cheshire, (286th,1,715), Hampshire, (333rd,1,799), Lancashire, (462nd,1,821) and Greater London, (620th,1,821). Other notable concentrations include, North Yorkshire including Middlesbrough, Suffolk, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Greater Manchester, Merseyside, including the City of Liverpool, and South Yorkshire, including the City of Sheffield.
John Hope may refer to:
Baron Noel-Buxton, of Aylsham in the County of Norfolk, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 17 June 1930 for the politician Noel Noel-Buxton, who was the second son of Sir Thomas Buxton, 3rd Baronet, of Belfield, and a great-grandson of the philanthropist Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet, of Belfield, as well as a great-nephew of Charles Buxton, the father of Sydney Buxton, 1st Earl Buxton. As of 2017 the title is held by his great-grandson, the fourth Baron, who succeeded his father in 2013. Another member of the Buxton family is Aubrey Buxton, who was created a life peer as Baron Buxton of Alsa in 1978. He is the son of Leland William Wilberforce Buxton, youngest son of the third Baronet.
Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1st Baronet Buxton of Belfield and Runton was an English Member of Parliament, brewer, abolitionist and social reformer. He married Hannah Gurney, whose sister became Elizabeth Fry, and became a great friend of her father Joseph Gurney and the extended Gurney family.
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Thomas Taylor may refer to:
There have been two baronetcies created for persons with the surname Buxton, one in the Baronetage of Great Britain and one in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. One creation is extinct while the other is extant.
Thomas Buxton may refer to:
Major Aubrey Leland Oakes Buxton, Baron Buxton of Alsa was a British soldier, politician, television executive, and writer.
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